Door



C. G. STQNE Doon 'Filed mgm-22, 192? Jan. 8, 1929.

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CHARLES G. STONE, OF GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOOR.

Appiication filed December a2, 1927. serial No. 241,788.

My invention relates to doors, and particularly to movable door attachments for closing spaces adjacent to the edges of a door.

Dithculty is often experienced in hanging doors so that they may be opened and swung over objects projecting above the door-sill. Large doors on barns, garages and the like Such doors are usually carried by hinges secured to one-edge thereof, about which the door swings. Accumulations of snow and ice along the outside of such doors frequently result in considerable inconvenience in manipulating them, as the snow or ice accumulates to a depth considerably above the level of the doorsill. Y

Sometimes a door is placed at the bottom of an incline and itis desired to have the door swing outwardly toward the inclined surface. ln such cases it has heretofore been necessary to raise the door-sill considerably above the level of the incline or to provide a substantially fiat surface over which the door swings.

I provide a standard door with an auxiliary panel slidably mounted on the door and projecting below the lower surface thereof. Means are provided for raising the auxiliary panel sufficiently to permit it to swing over any obstructions such as snow, ice and irregular or inclined surfaces during the opening vmovement of the door. Provision is also made for locking the door either in its open or closed position. The auxiliary panel and locking means are attached to any readymade door and do not require a specially constructed door.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the present preferred embodiment of the invention, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of a door embody ing my invention, in its closed position,

Figure 2is anyinside face view of the door, and

Figure 3 is an edge View thereof.

Referring to the drawings, a door 4 of any one of a large number of ready-made types of doors comprises a frame 5 and a panel 6. The frame 5 comprises upright members 7 cross members 8 anda bracing member 9. The door is secured to a wall 10 by hinges 11 fastened to the upright members 7 and cross members 8 of the frame 5, by any well-known securing means Such as screws, nails or t-he like.

pending from a cross piece 17 attached to the inner surface of the door 4. VBy .thisV construction the panel 14 is free to move upf wardly and downwardly relative to the door 4 between the guides 16.

Formoving the panel 14, a handle 18 is pivoted to a surface of the door 4 by a pin 19. rlhe handle 18 is connected to astrap orrod 20 movable longitudinally'of the door 4 a l' connecting device 21. One example of a connecting device 21 is a lug 22 secured to thev strap 2O and providedwith a slot 24 in which a pin 25, carried by the handle 18, is seated. The length of the sloty 24 is sufficient to permit the handle to be swung from itsfull line or closed position, shown in Figure 2, to the dottedline position, for raising and lowering the panel 14. The panel 14 is held in its raised or dotted line position by permitting the handle 18 to turn pastL the center line of the pin 19 until the pin 25 engages the endof slot 24, thereby providing a toggle oint.

The door is locked by a lug 26 projecting downwardly from the panel 14 and engaging asocket 27 formed in the door-sill 12` or in a surface within the radius of the door when 1n its opened position. The upper end of the strap 20 is secured by a pin 28 to a lever 29 mounted on a pin 30 secured to a cross piece 31 on t-he inner surface of the door. The upper end of lever 29 is secured by a pin 32 to a latch 34 extending through an eye 35 that is also mounted on the cross piece 31. The latch 34 cooperates with securing means i such as an eye 36 mounted on the building.

Assuming the parts to be in the closed position of the door, shown in full lines in Figure 2, and it is desired to open the door, the handle 18 is turned from its lowered or full line position to the upper or dotted line position, thereby raising the auxiliary panel 14 and retracting the latch 34 from the eye 36. The door is then swung about the hinges 11 with ythe `panel 14 in its upper position,- thereby permitting the lower edge of the door 4 to clear any obstructions that might i be in its path. At the end of the opening closing the door, the lug 26 is released from.Y

the socket 27 by raising the panel 14C; the door then being` turnedonthe hinges l1 to itsclosed position'andthe panel 14 lowered.

While I have illustratedzandfdescribedthe preferred'form of 'my' invention, itwill be understood that it may be otherwise embodied within the spiritof the invention and the t scope of the following" claims.

I claim:

l: Ina door structure, a door, an' auxiliary panel,` an;Y operating' handle7 and means eooperating with tlrefoperating handle for moving the panel longitudinally ofthe door and' locking tlle panelin'either of its extreme positionsV 2. In a door structuraav door movable aboutia. vertically extending axis, an auxiliary olosingzmember slidablymounted atone end 'lthereof lockingpmeans for tlie door capable of occupying a positionto be effeet-ive when the door is in its open or closed position, a handle', and means for connecting the handle', locking means and auxiliary closingmember for the. simultaneous actuation thereof., Y y

3. In a door structure, a door movable about a vertically extending axis, an auxili ary closing member movable longitudinally ofthe dooiwatf one rendthereof for closing in its closed position a space of variable Width between the end of the door andan adjacent structure, and locking meanscarried by the auxiliarffclosing` member 'for securing the auxiliary closing member.

igln a. doory structure, ai door-movable about a vertically extendingaxis, an aux-y iliary Closin'gmeH/iberf slidably mounteda-t one end thereof lfor movement longitudinally of theV door, locking means carriedby the auxiliary closing-member and 4effect-ive when` the door 1s in a plurality; oi'i positions, andi' means for moving,` theI auxiliary closing mem# ber relative tothe door and'orzrenderingtheV locking` means effective:

In testimony "whereofl I" have hereunto set my hand. 

